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Chang C, Lin LY. Ultralow-threshold quasi-CW lasing from FAPbBr 3perovskite first-order DFB laser. Nanotechnology 2023; 34:175201. [PMID: 36696688 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/acb5fb] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2022] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Metal halide perovskites are emerging materials for integrated photonics. Here we report a quasi-CW pumped ultra-low ASE/lasing threshold formamidinium lead bromide (FAPbBr3) laser. The laser achieved stable lasing at 555 nm with a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of 0.6 nm, showing a low lasing threshold of 22.6μJ cm-2under 3.5 nanosecond quasi-CW excitation at room temperature. The material also showed an ultra-low ASE threshold of 46μJ cm-2under the same pumping condition. Through polymer doping, we showed that the material's performance can be improved by increasing bimolecular recombination rate with reduced grain size.
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- Cheng Chang
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, United States of America
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, United States of America
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Zou C, Lin LY. Effect of emitter orientation on the outcoupling efficiency of perovskite light-emitting diodes. Opt Lett 2020; 45:4786-4789. [PMID: 32870857 DOI: 10.1364/ol.400814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 07/28/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Metal halide perovskite light-emitting diodes (PeLEDs) have experienced a rapid advancement in the last several years with the external quantum efficiencies (EQEs) reaching over 20%, comparable to the state-of-the-art organic LEDs and quantum dot LEDs. The photoluminescence quantum yields of perovskite films have also been approaching 100%. Therefore, the next step to improving the EQE of PeLEDs should be focused on boosting light extraction. In this Letter, we demonstrate the emitter dipole orientation as a key parameter in determining the outcoupling efficiency of PeLEDs. We find that the CsPbBr3 emitter has a slightly preferred orientation with the horizontal-to-vertical dipole ratio of 0.41:0.59, as compared to 0.33:0.67 in the isotropic case. A theoretical analysis predicts that a purely anisotropic perovskite emitter may result in a maximum EQE of 36%.
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Zou C, Liu Y, Ginger DS, Lin LY. Suppressing Efficiency Roll-Off at High Current Densities for Ultra-Bright Green Perovskite Light-Emitting Diodes. ACS Nano 2020; 14:6076-6086. [PMID: 32324379 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c01817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Perovskite light-emitting diodes (PeLEDs) have undergone rapid development in the last several years with external quantum efficiencies (EQEs) reaching over 21%. However, most PeLEDs still suffer from severe efficiency roll-off (droop) at high injection current densities, thus limiting their achievable brightness and presenting a challenge to their use in laser diode applications. In this work, we show that the roll-off characteristics of PeLEDs are affected by a combination of charge injection imbalance, nonradiative Auger recombination, and Joule heating. To realize ultrabright and efficient PeLEDs, several strategies have been applied. First, we designed an energy ladder to balance the electron and hole transport. Second, we optimized perovskite materials to possess reduced Auger recombination rates and improved carrier mobility. Third, we replaced glass substrates with sapphire substrates to better dissipate joule heat. Finally, by applying a current-focusing architecture, we achieved PeLEDs with a record luminance of 7.6 Mcd/m2. The devices can be operated at very high current densities (J) up to ∼1 kA/cm2. Our work suggests a broad application prospect of perovskite materials for high-brightness LEDs and ultimately a potential for solution-processed electrically pumped laser diodes.
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- Chen Zou
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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Zou C, Chang C, Sun D, Böhringer KF, Lin LY. Photolithographic Patterning of Perovskite Thin Films for Multicolor Display Applications. Nano Lett 2020; 20:3710-3717. [PMID: 32324409 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c00701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Metal halide perovskites are emerging as attractive materials for light-emitting diode (LED) applications. The external quantum efficiency (EQE) has experienced a rapid progress and reached over 21%, comparable to the state of the art organic and quantum dot LEDs. For metal halide perovskites, their simple solution-processing preparation, facile band gap tunability, and narrow emission line width provide another attractive route to harness their superior optoelectronic properties for multicolor display applications. In this work, we demonstrate a high-resolution, large-scale photolithographic method to pattern multicolor perovskite films. This approach is based on a dry lift-off process which involves the use of parylene as an intermediary and the easy mechanical peeling-off of parylene films on various substrates. Using this approach, we successfully fabricated multicolor patterns with red and green perovskite pixels on a single substrate, which could be further applied in liquid crystal displays (LCDs) with blue backlight. Besides, a prototype green perovskite micro-LED display under current driving has been demonstrated.
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- Chen Zou
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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Wang L, Cao Y, Shi B, Li H, Feng R, Sun F, Lin LY, Ding W. Subwavelength optical trapping and transporting using a Bloch mode. Opt Lett 2020; 45:1886-1889. [PMID: 32236024 DOI: 10.1364/ol.389008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2020] [Accepted: 02/23/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Multi-functional optical manipulations, including optical trapping and transporting of subwavelength particles, are proposed using the Bloch modes in a dielectric photonic structure. We show that the Bloch modes in a periodic structure can generate a series of subwavelength trapping wells that are addressable by tuning the incident wavelength. This feature enables efficient optical trapping and transportation in a peristaltic way. Since we are using the guiding Bloch mode in a dielectric structure, rather than using plasmonic or dielectric resonant cavities, these operations are wide band and free from joule loss. The Bloch mode in a simple periodic dielectric structure provides a new platform for multi-functional optical operations and may find potential applications in nanophotonics and biomedicine.
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Lin TTL, Lin LY, Tsai CTT. P3761Correlation between CHA2DS2-VASc score and left atrial size in patients with atrial fibrillation: an upto 15-year prospective follow-up study. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz745.0613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Left atrial (LA) size represents atrial fibrillation (AF) burden and a predictor of AF-related stroke. CHA2DS2-VASc score is also a well-established predictor of AF-related stroke. It is unknown whether these two factors are correlated and complimentary to each other, or one of them is a major determinant of stroke risk for AF patients.
Methods
A total of 708 patients from the National Taiwan University AF Registry were followed upto 15 years. LA size was measured by M-mode of echocardiography and the CHA2DS2-VASc score was calculated as measures of stroke risk. Primary endpoints during follow-up were defined as ischemic strokes or transient ischemic accidents.
Results
Both LA size and CHA2DS2-VASc score were associated with the risk of stroke in univariate analyses (c statistic 0.662 [0.601 to 0.723] for CHA2DS2-VASc score and 0.595 [0.516 to 0.674] for LA size). There was a positive correlation between LA size and CHA2DS2-VASc score (r=0.17, P<0.0001). Patients with higher CHA2DS2-VASc scores had a higher mean LA size (P<0.01 for trend). When combining LA size and CHA2DS2-VASc score in the multivariate Cox model, only CHA2DS2-VASc score remained statistically significant to predict the thromboembolic endpoint (hazard ratio 1.39 [1.20–1.63]; P<0.001).
Mode of anlysis Harzard ratio (95% confidence interval) P value Univariate analysis* CHADS2-VASc score 1.42 (1.22–1.66) <0.001 Left Atrial Size 1.30 (1.04–1.62) 0.019 Multivariate analysis* CHADS2-VASc score 1.39 (1.20–1.63) <0.001 Left atrial size 1.20 (0.96–1.48) 0.106
Conclusion
There is a positive correlation between echocardiographic LA size and CHA2DS2-VASc score. LA size is not an independent predictor of AF-related stroke, but provides a diagnostic value to predict stroke risk through its association with CHA2DS2-VASc score. Calculation of CHA2DS2-VASc score may replace measurement of echocardiographic LA size when evaluating the risk of AF-related stroke.
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- T T L Lin
- National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch, Internal Medicine, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Huang CY, Wu CK, Lin LY. P2602Inhaled iloprost improves echocardiographic myocardial performance during exercise in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz748.0926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Introduction
The pathophysiology of HFpEF is complicated and treatments that improve outcomes in HFrEF have no substantial benefits in HFpEF. Impairments in LV global longitudinal strain (GLS) and LV diastolic function parameters have been regarded as novel echocardiographic markers to predict cardiovascular events in HFpEF. Preliminary trials indicate that iloprost, an inhaled prostacyclin analougue, improves exercise hemodynamics in both patients with pulmonary artery hypertension and pulmonary hypertension associated with HFpEF.
Purpose
We aim to investigate the impact of inhaled iloprost on LV global longitudinal strain, LV diastolic function and RV function during exercise in HFpEF population.
Methods
34 patients diagnosed with HFpEF were included with exclusion of severe pulmonary, coronary artery, valvular heart and pericardial diseases. Subjects were randomized 1:1 to inhalation of iloprost or placebo. Transthoracic echocardiography was performed at rest and after 6-minute supine bicycle exercise at 20-Watt workload. We utilized tissue speckle tracking by QLAB software to derive LV GLS and global strain rate during LV isovolumetric relaxation period (SRIVR). E/e', E/SRIVR, tricuspid regurgitation pressure gradient (TRPG), tissue Doppler imaging of RV lateral tricuspid annulus and tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) were measured to evaluate changes of myocardial performance.
Results
LV GLS during exercise significantly enhanced after iloprost use. E/SRIVR, a novel predictor of LV filling pressure, was significantly decreased. E/e' was also lower in iloprost group by trend. Improvements in RV function and degree of pulmonary hypertension during exercise with iloprost were observed in this study.
Echocardiographic myocardial function endpoints during 20-Watt excercise between iloprost and placebo groups Iloprost (N=17) Placebo (N=17) P value LV global longitudinal strain, % −4.96±1.20 −0.75±3.00 <0.001 E/SRIVR, cm 206.41±113.55 454.13±262.98 0.005 E/e' mean 10.77±2.39 14.41±12.14 0.235 TAPSE, cm 2.62±0.62 2.37±0.56 0.221 TRPG, mmHg 28.37±12.47 44.25±9.29 <0.001 TDI lateral tricuspid annulus, cm/s 16.41±4.61 14.77±2.92 0.222
Effects of iloprost at rest and exercise
Conclusions
Our study is the first to demonstrate that, in patients with HFpEF, inhaled iloprost favorably enhances LV GLS reserves, decreases LV diastolic filling load, reduces pulmonary hypertension and thereby improves RV function during exercise.
Acknowledgement/Funding
This work was supported in part by the National Science Council of the Republic of China, Taiwan (NSC107-2314-B-002-265-MY3)
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- C Y Huang
- Kinmen Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kinmen, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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Chiang JY, Fu CM, Lin YC, Ku BW, Hsu SU, Wu CK, Lin LY, Lin JL, Chiang FT, Juang JM. P1880Entropy-based algorithm for atrial fibrillation detection using photoplethysomgraphic signal recorded by a smart watch. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz748.0628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia, and its paroxysmal and short duration nature makes its detection challenging. The most important limitation of current smartwatches is that patients need to touch to the sensor of the watch to record signals when patients feel discomfort. We developed a wearable smart watch and evaluated its accuracy to differentiate AF from sinus rhythm, which can continuously detecting heart rhythm without hand touching the device.
Methods and results
A wearable smart watch with PPG sensor and electrocardiogram (ECG) recording function was used for signal acquisition. A total 399 patients with a mean age of 67 years old were enrolled in the study, of whom 237 (81.5%) were male, and 101 have been diagnosed with AF. Pulse wave extracted from the green light spectrum of the signal and ECG were recorded for about 10 minutes for each patient. Pulse-to-pulse intervals (PPI) were automatically identified. All ECG signals were verified by two cardiologists. The correlation between R-to-R interval on ECG and PPI were excellent, with a correlation coefficient R >0.99 (p<0.05). An entropy-based algorithm which combined Shannon entropy of successive difference of PPI and sample entropy of PPI was used to discriminate between AF and sinus rhythm. This method had high sensitivity and specificity (96% and 98%, respectively), the area under receiver operating characteristic curve reached 0.98.
Conclusions
We developed an entropy-based algorithm for AF detection with PPG signal recorded by a wearable smart watch. This algorithm discriminates AF from sinus rhythm accurately. This advance in technology overcomes an important clinical obstacle and can increase the AF detection rate tremendously.
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- J Y Chiang
- National Taiwan University Hospital, Internal medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- MediaTek Inc, Taipei, Taiwan
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- MediaTek Inc, Taipei, Taiwan
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- MediaTek Inc, Taipei, Taiwan
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- MediaTek Inc, Taipei, Taiwan
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- MediaTek Inc, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Hospital, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Hospital, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Hospital, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Hospital, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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Juang JM, Chen CY, Liu YB, Lin LY, Ho LT, Huang HC, Lai LP, Hwang JJ, Wu CK, Lin TT, Yu CC, Lu TP, Chattopadhyay A, Yu QY, Lin JL. P1604Validating previously reported Brugada syndrome-associated common variants identified in caucasian population in the Han Chinese BrS cohort in Taiwan: SADS-BrS registry. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz748.0363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background
Brugada syndrome (BrS) is a sudden arrhythmic death. The prevalence of BrS is higher in the Southeast Asian populations than that in Caucasian patients. A previous genome-wide association study (GWAS) has reported 13 SNPs significantly associated with BrS. However, no study was performed to validate whether these SNPs are enriched in BrS patients in Han Chinese (HC).
Purpose
Evaluating the common variants previously reported in Caucasian BrS patients could be generalized to HC BrS patients in Taiwan
Methods
We genotyped 200 unrelated BrS patients using Affymetrix TWB Array (N=653,291 SNPs, a customized array for HC in Taiwan). The controls are obtained from the Taiwan Biobank (N ≈ 16,000) using the same array. An imputation workflow was shown in Figure 1. To confirm the accuracy of the imputed genotype of each variant, Sanger sequencing was performed in 10% of randomly selected cases.
Results
Among the 3 most important common variants (rs11708996 in SCN5A, rs10428132 in SCN10A and rs9388451 in HEY2/NCOA7) reported in the previous GWAS mainly conducted in Caucasian BrS patients, 2 of them (rs10428132 and rs9388451) were successfully replicated in the HC population in Taiwan (P<0.01). We also found that the differences of minor allele frequency (dMAF: the MAF of cases minus the MAF of controls) of the two variants were relatively smaller between the BrS cases and healthy controls in HC population compared with that in Caucasian populations (dMAF, rs9388451: 0.15 (Caucasian) vs −0.07 (HC); rs10428132: 0.28 (Caucasian) vs 0.11 (HC)). For the remaining 10 common variants reaching genome-wide significance (P=5×10–8) in Caucasian BrS patients, 9 of them were also significantly enriched in the HC BrS patients after the Bonferroni correction (P<0.05/12=0.0042). We next analyzed the variants identified in the previous GWAS on ECG traits (PR interval, QRS duration, QTc interval, and heart rate) in the Caucasian population. Among the reported 75 variants associated with ECG traits, 5 common variants (rs6798015 (PR), rs1760876 (QRS), rs6795970 (PR/QRS), rs2074238 (QTc) and rs314370 (heart rate)) were significant after Bonferroni correction (P<0.05/75=0.00066).
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Conclusions
The preliminary results indicated that 85% of common variants of SCN10A and HEY2/NCOA7 previously reported in Caucasian BrS patients are replicated in BrS patients in the HC population but not the common variant of SCN5A (rs11708996). Furthermore, the common variants of SCN10A and HEY2/NCOA7 related to cardiac depolarization or repolarization may also contribute to the development of BrS.
Acknowledgement/Funding
NTUH 106-S3469, NTUH106-S3458 and NTUH 106-018
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- J.-M Juang
- National Taiwan University Hospital, Division of Cardiovascular Center and Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Hospital, Division of Cardiovascular Center and Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Hospital, Division of Cardiovascular Center and Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Hospital, Division of Cardiovascular Center and Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Hospital, Division of Cardiovascular Center and Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Hospital, Division of Cardiovascular Center and Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Hospital, Division of Cardiovascular Center and Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Hospital, Division of Cardiovascular Center and Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Hospital, Division of Cardiovascular Center and Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Hospital, Division of Cardiovascular Center and Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Hospital, Division of Cardiovascular Center and Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Hospital, Division of Cardiovascular Center and Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University, Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Core, Center of Genomic Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University, Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Core, Center of Genomic Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Hospital, Division of Cardiovascular Center and Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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Chen SQ, Liu WC, Zhang ZZ, Lin LY, Chen SM, Huang GL, Lin CZ, Wang L. [Application of closed negative pressure irrigation and suction device in the treatment of high perianal abscess]. Zhonghua Wei Chang Wai Ke Za Zhi 2019; 22:364-369. [PMID: 31054551 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1671-0274.2019.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To explore the efficacy of closed negative pressure irrigation and suction device (Patent number: Z200780013509.8) in the treatment of high perianal abscess. Methods: From January 2015 to December 2016, ≥18-year-old patients with primary high perianal abscess who were treated at our department were prospectively enrolled. Exclusion criteria: (1) recurrent perianal abscess; (2) complicated with anal fistula formation; (3) preoperative, intraoperative or postoperative physical therapy, and curettage treatment, negative pressure irrigation; (4) Crohn's disease-related perianal abscess; (5) with immunosuppressive status, such as transplant recipients; (6) co-existence of malignant tumors, such as leukemia; (7) with diabetes; (8) those who could not receive long-term follow-up and were not suitable to participate in this study. According to the random number table method, the patients were randomly divided into negative pressure irrigation and suction group and routine drainage group. All patients were clearly diagnosed and the location and size of the perianal abscess were marked before surgery. These two groups were treated as follows: (1) Negative pressure irrigation and suction group: the skin was incised at a diameter of 1-2 cm at the site where the abscess fluctuated most obviously. After the abscess was removed, a closed negative pressure irrigation and suction device was installed and the pressure of -200 to -100 mmHg (1 mmHg=0.133 kPa) was maintained to keep the abscess cavity collapsed. Generally, the irrigation was stopped 5 days later or when the drainage was clear. The closed vacuum suction was maintained for 2 additional days, before the wound was sutured. (2) Conventional drainage group: conventional incision and drainage was carried out. The skin was cut at a diameter of 8 to 10 cm at the site of abscess with most obvious fluctuation. After the abscess was removed, normal saline gauze was used for dressing. Dressing was changed regularly until the wound healed. The efficacy, operative time, intraoperative bleeding, incision length, frequency of dressing change, pain index (visual analogue score, VAS score), postoperative healing time, complications, recurrence rate of perianal abscess, anal fistula formation rate were observed. The t test and χ2 test were used for comparison between the 2 groups. Results: There were both 40 patients in the negative pressure irrigation and suction group and the conventional drainage group. There were 28 males and 12 females in negative pressure irrigation and suction group with a mean age of (38.3±12.0) years and mean disease course of (6.6±2.1) days. The abscess in pelvic-rectal space accounted for 50.0% (20/40) and the mean diameter of abscess was (8.0±3.7) cm. There were 26 males and 14 females in the conventional drainage group with a mean age of (37.1±11.8) years and mean disease course of (6.4±2.5) days. The abscess in pelvic-rectal space accounted for 55.0% (22/40) and the diameter of abscess was (8.2±3.5) cm. The differences in baseline data between two groups were not statistically significant (all P>0.05). Both groups successfully completed the operation. There was no significant difference in operative time between two groups (P>0.05). As compared to conventional drainage group, intraoperative blood loss in negative pressure irrigation and suction group was less [(12.1±5.5) ml vs. (18.3±4.4) ml, t=5.606, P<0.001], incision length was shorter [(2.3±0.8) cm vs. (7.6±1.7) cm, t=17.741, P<0.001], postoperative VAS pain scores at 1-, 3-, 7-, and 14-day after operation were lower [3.7±1.4 vs. 7.6±1.8, t=10.816, P<0.001; 3.0±1.3 vs. 6.8±1.6, t=11.657, P<0.001; 2.7±0.9 vs. 5.1±1.1, t=10.679, P<0.001; 1.2±0.3 vs. 1.6±0.4, t=5.060, P=0.019], the dressing change within 7 days after operation was less (3.5±1.2 vs. 12.6±2.7, t=19.478, P<0.001), postoperative healing time was shorter [(10.4±3.0) d vs. (13.5±3.8) d, t=4.049, P<0.001] and postoperative complication rate was lower [17.5% (7/40) vs. 2.5% (1/40), χ2=5.000, P=0.025]. During follow-up of 12 to 36 (24±5) months, the recurrence rate of perianal abscess within 1 year after operation and anal fistula formation rate in negative pressure irrigation and suction group were lower than those in conventional drainage group [5.0% (2/40) vs. 20.0% (8/40), χ2=4.114, P=0.042 and 2.5% (1/40) vs. 17.5% (7/40), χ2=5.000, P=0.025, respectirely]. The one-time cure rate of negative pressure irrigation and suction group and conventional drainage group was 92.5% (37/40) and 62.5%(25/40), respectirely (χ2=10.323, P=0.001). Conclusions: The application of the negative pressure irrigation and suction device in the treatment of high perianal abscess can improve the efficiency of one-time cure, reduce postoperative pain, accelerate healing time, decrease the morbidity of postoperative complication and the rates of abscess recurrence and anal fistula formation, indicating an improvement of the treatment.
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- S Q Chen
- Department of General Surgery, the 900th Hospital of The Joint Logistics Support Force of Chinese PLA, (Fuzhou General Hospital of Fujian Medical University, East Hospital Affiliated To Xiamen University), Fuzhou 350025, China
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Raslau FD, Lin LY, Andersen AH, Powell DK, Smith CD, Escott EJ. Peeking into the Black Box of Coregistration in Clinical fMRI: Which Registration Methods Are Used and How Well Do They Perform? AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2018; 39:2332-2339. [PMID: 30361428 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a5846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2018] [Accepted: 08/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Interpretation of fMRI depends on accurate functional-to-structural alignment. This study explores registration methods used by FDA-approved software for clinical fMRI and aims to answer the following question: What is the degree of misalignment when registration is not performed, and how well do current registration methods perform? MATERIALS AND METHODS This retrospective study of presurgical fMRI for brain tumors compares nonregistered images and 5 registration cost functions: Hellinger, mutual information, normalized mutual information, correlation ratio, and local Pearson correlation. To adjudicate the accuracy of coregistration, we edge-enhanced echo-planar maps and rated them for alignment with structural anatomy. Lesion-to-activation distances were measured to evaluate the effects of different cost functions. RESULTS Transformation parameters were congruent among Hellinger, mutual information, normalized mutual information, and the correlation ratio but divergent from the local Pearson correlation. Edge-enhanced images validated the local Pearson correlation as the most accurate. Hellinger worsened misalignment in 59% of cases, primarily exaggerating the inferior translation; no cases were worsened by the local Pearson correlation. Three hundred twenty lesion-to-activation distances from 25 patients were analyzed among nonregistered images, Hellinger, and the local Pearson correlation. ANOVA analysis revealed significant differences in the coronal (P < .001) and sagittal (P = .04) planes. If registration is not performed, 8% of cases may have a >3-mm discrepancy and up to a 5.6-mm lesion-to-activation distance difference. If a poor registration method is used, 23% of cases may have a >3-mm discrepancy and up to a 6.9-mm difference. CONCLUSIONS The local Pearson correlation is a special-purpose cost function specifically designed for T2*-T1 coregistration and should be more widely incorporated into software tools as a better method for coregistration in clinical fMRI.
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- F D Raslau
- From the Departments of Radiology (F.D.R., L.Y.L., E.J.E., C.D.S.)
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- From the Departments of Radiology (F.D.R., L.Y.L., E.J.E., C.D.S.)
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- From the Departments of Radiology (F.D.R., L.Y.L., E.J.E., C.D.S.)
- Neurology (C.D.S.)
- Neuroscience (A.H.A., D.K.P., C.D.S.)
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- From the Departments of Radiology (F.D.R., L.Y.L., E.J.E., C.D.S.)
- Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (E.J.E.), University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
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Wheeler LM, Sanehira EM, Marshall AR, Schulz P, Suri M, Anderson NC, Christians JA, Nordlund D, Sokaras D, Kroll T, Harvey SP, Berry JJ, Lin LY, Luther JM. Targeted Ligand-Exchange Chemistry on Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Quantum Dots for High-Efficiency Photovoltaics. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:10504-10513. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b04984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 221] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Lance M. Wheeler
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
- CNRS, Institut Photovoltaïque d’Île de France (IPVF), UMR 9006, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1062, United States
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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Jing P, Liu Y, Keeler EG, Cruz NM, Freedman BS, Lin LY. Optical tweezers system for live stem cell organization at the single-cell level. Biomed Opt Express 2018; 9:771-779. [PMID: 29552411 PMCID: PMC5854077 DOI: 10.1364/boe.9.000771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2017] [Revised: 01/17/2018] [Accepted: 01/18/2018] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Cell manipulation is one of the most impactful applications for optical tweezers, and derived from this promise, we demonstrate a new optical tweezers system for the study of cell adhesion and organization. This method utilizes photonic-crystal-enhanced optical tweezers to manipulate cells with low laser intensities. By doing so, it enables effective cell patterning and culturing within the conditions necessary for successful differentiation and colony formation of human pluripotent stem cells. To this end, the biocompatibility of plasma-treated parylene-C for cell culturing was studied, and a thorough characterization of cellular interactive forces was performed using this system. Furthermore, this study also demonstrates construction of patterned cell arrays at arbitrary positions with micrometer-scale precision.
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- Peifeng Jing
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, 185 Stevens Way, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, 185 Stevens Way, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, 185 Stevens Way, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Kidney Research Institute, and Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, 850 Republican St., Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Kidney Research Institute, and Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, 850 Republican St., Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, 185 Stevens Way, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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Yang EKL, Lin LY, Lin PY. Detection of a novel HLA-DRB1*12 variant, HLA-DRB1*12:68, in a Taiwanese individual. HLA 2017; 91:145-146. [PMID: 29152925 DOI: 10.1111/tan.13176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2017] [Accepted: 11/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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One nucleotide substitution at residue 628 of HLA-DRB1*12:01:01:01 results in a novel allele, HLA-DRB1*12:68.
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- E K L Yang
- Laboratory of Immunogenetics, Tzu Chi Cord Blood Bank, and Buddhist Tzu Chi Marrow Donor Registry, Buddhist Tzu Chi Stem Cells Centre, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan.,Department of Laboratory Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Technology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Laboratory of Immunogenetics, Tzu Chi Cord Blood Bank, and Buddhist Tzu Chi Marrow Donor Registry, Buddhist Tzu Chi Stem Cells Centre, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
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Zou C, Huang CY, Sanehira EM, Luther JM, Lin LY. Highly stable cesium lead iodide perovskite quantum dot light-emitting diodes. Nanotechnology 2017; 28:455201. [PMID: 29039355 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aa8b8b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Recently, all-inorganic perovskites such as CsPbBr3 and CsPbI3, have emerged as promising materials for light-emitting applications. While encouraging performance has been demonstrated, the stability issue of the red-emitting CsPbI3 is still a major concern due to its small tolerance factor. Here we report a highly stable CsPbI3 quantum dot (QD) light-emitting diode (LED) with red emission fabricated using an improved purification approach. The device achieved decent external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 0.21% at a bias of 6 V and outstanding operational stability, with a L 70 lifetime (EL intensity decreases to 70% of starting value) of 16 h and 1.5 h under a constant driving voltage of 5 V and 6 V (maximum EQE operation) respectively. Furthermore, the device can work under a higher voltage of 7 V (maximum luminance operation) and retain 50% of its initial EL intensity after 500 s. These findings demonstrate the promise of CsPbI3 QDs for stable red LEDs, and suggest the feasibility for electrically pumped perovskite lasers with further device optimizations.
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- Chen Zou
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, United States of America
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Sanehira EM, Marshall AR, Christians JA, Harvey SP, Ciesielski PN, Wheeler LM, Schulz P, Lin LY, Beard MC, Luther JM. Enhanced mobility CsPbI 3 quantum dot arrays for record-efficiency, high-voltage photovoltaic cells. Sci Adv 2017; 3:eaao4204. [PMID: 29098184 PMCID: PMC5659658 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aao4204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2017] [Accepted: 09/28/2017] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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We developed lead halide perovskite quantum dot (QD) films with tuned surface chemistry based on A-site cation halide salt (AX) treatments. QD perovskites offer colloidal synthesis and processing using industrially friendly solvents, which decouples grain growth from film deposition, and at present produce larger open-circuit voltages (VOC's) than thin-film perovskites. CsPbI3 QDs, with a tunable bandgap between 1.75 and 2.13 eV, are an ideal top cell candidate for all-perovskite multijunction solar cells because of their demonstrated small VOC deficit. We show that charge carrier mobility within perovskite QD films is dictated by the chemical conditions at the QD-QD junctions. The AX treatments provide a method for tuning the coupling between perovskite QDs, which is exploited for improved charge transport for fabricating high-quality QD films and devices. The AX treatments presented here double the film mobility, enabling increased photocurrent, and lead to a record certified QD solar cell efficiency of 13.43%.
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- Erin M. Sanehira
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA
- Corresponding author.
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Kim YK, Refaeli I, Brooks CR, Jing P, Gulieva RE, Hughes MR, Cruz NM, Liu Y, Churchill AJ, Wang Y, Fu H, Pippin JW, Lin LY, Shankland SJ, Vogl AW, McNagny KM, Freedman BS. Gene-Edited Human Kidney Organoids Reveal Mechanisms of Disease in Podocyte Development. Stem Cells 2017; 35:2366-2378. [PMID: 28905451 DOI: 10.1002/stem.2707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2017] [Accepted: 09/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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A critical event during kidney organogenesis is the differentiation of podocytes, specialized epithelial cells that filter blood plasma to form urine. Podocytes derived from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSC-podocytes) have recently been generated in nephron-like kidney organoids, but the developmental stage of these cells and their capacity to reveal disease mechanisms remains unclear. Here, we show that hPSC-podocytes phenocopy mammalian podocytes at the capillary loop stage (CLS), recapitulating key features of ultrastructure, gene expression, and mutant phenotype. hPSC-podocytes in vitro progressively establish junction-rich basal membranes (nephrin+ podocin+ ZO-1+ ) and microvillus-rich apical membranes (podocalyxin+ ), similar to CLS podocytes in vivo. Ultrastructural, biophysical, and transcriptomic analysis of podocalyxin-knockout hPSCs and derived podocytes, generated using CRISPR/Cas9, reveals defects in the assembly of microvilli and lateral spaces between developing podocytes, resulting in failed junctional migration. These defects are phenocopied in CLS glomeruli of podocalyxin-deficient mice, which cannot produce urine, thereby demonstrating that podocalyxin has a conserved and essential role in mammalian podocyte maturation. Defining the maturity of hPSC-podocytes and their capacity to reveal and recapitulate pathophysiological mechanisms establishes a powerful framework for studying human kidney disease and regeneration. Stem Cells 2017;35:2366-2378.
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- Yong Kyun Kim
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Kidney Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- The Biomedical Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Kidney Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- The Biomedical Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Kidney Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Kidney Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- The Biomedical Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Kidney Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Wu J, Lin LY. Ultrathin (<1 μm) Substrate-Free Flexible Photodetector on Quantum Dot-Nanocellulose Paper. Sci Rep 2017; 7:43898. [PMID: 28266651 PMCID: PMC5339685 DOI: 10.1038/srep43898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2016] [Accepted: 01/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Conventional approaches to flexible optoelectronic devices typically require depositing the active materials on external substrates. This is mostly due to the weak bonding between individual molecules or nanocrystals in the active materials, which prevents sustaining a freestanding thin film. Herein we demonstrate an ultrathin freestanding ZnO quantum dot (QD) active layer with nanocellulose structuring, and its corresponding device fabrication method to achieve substrate-free flexible optoelectronic devices. The ultrathin ZnO QD-nanocellulose composite is obtained by hydrogel transfer printing and solvent-exchange processes to overcome the water capillary force which is detrimental to achieving freestanding thin films. We achieved an active nanocellulose paper with ~550 nm thickness, and >91% transparency in the visible wavelength range. The film retains the photoconductive and photoluminescent properties of ZnO QDs and is applied towards substrate-free Schottky photodetector applications. The device has an overall thickness of ~670 nm, which is the thinnest freestanding optoelectronic device to date, to the best of our knowledge, and functions as a self-powered visible-blind ultraviolet photodetector. This platform can be readily applied to other nano materials as well as other optoelectronic device applications.
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- Jingda Wu
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, 185 Stevens Way, Seattle, WA 98195-2500, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, 185 Stevens Way, Seattle, WA 98195-2500, USA
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Hung MJ, Liu FS, Shen PS, Chen GD, Lin LY, Ho ESC. Analysis of two sling procedures using polypropylene mesh for treatment of stress urinary incontinence. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2017; 84:133-41. [PMID: 14871515 DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7292(03)00345-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2003] [Revised: 07/21/2003] [Accepted: 07/30/2003] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate and compare the surgical outcome between the innovative tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) and conventional pubovaginal sling (PVS) procedures using polypropylene mesh. METHODS Eighty consecutive women with urodynamic stress urinary incontinence (SUI), who chose to undergo either a TVT (n=23) or a PVS (n=57) procedure using polypropylene mesh based on financial consideration, were recruited for this study. The surgical results were analyzed and compared subjectively and objectively. RESULTS The mean follow-up interval was 23 months for the TVT and 20 months for the PVS procedure (P=0.062). Postoperatively, SUI (91.3% vs. 93.0%), concomitant urge symptoms (85.0% vs. 85.3%) and the negative impact of incontinence and urogenital distress on patients' quality of life (79.8% vs. 77.8%) (77.4% vs. 68.8%) had improved markedly. After a multivariable logistic regression analysis, the treatment outcome of SUI was found to be independent of the main effects of patient age, parity, concurrent gynecological surgeries, intrinsic sphincter deficiency, previous failed incontinence surgeries, and concomitant urge symptoms. However, it was significantly related to treatment procedures (TVT vs. PVS) and their interaction with patient body mass index (BMI). Based on the fitted logistic model, we see that TVT performs better than PVS when BMI is less than 27.27 kg/m2, and the advantage of TVT decreases as BMI increases. CONCLUSION Both TVT and PVS procedures using polypropylene mesh are effective treatment modalities for female SUI. However, TVT was not as effective in treating overweight or obese women as PVS.
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- M J Hung
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital Taichung, Taiwan.
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Yu PF, Huang Y, Han YY, Lin LY, Sun WH, Rabson AB, Wang Y, Shi YF. TNFα-activated mesenchymal stromal cells promote breast cancer metastasis by recruiting CXCR2 + neutrophils. Oncogene 2016; 36:482-490. [PMID: 27375023 PMCID: PMC5290040 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2016.217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2016] [Revised: 04/18/2016] [Accepted: 05/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) tend to infiltrate into tumors and form a major component of the tumor microenvironment. Our previous work demonstrated that tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα)-activated MSCs significantly promoted tumor growth. However, the role of TNFα-treated MSCs in tumor metastasis remains elusive. Employing a lung metastasis model of murine breast cancer, we found that TNFα-activated MSCs strikingly enhanced tumor metastasis compared with normal MSCs. We analyzed the chemokine profiles and found that the expression of CCL5, CCR2 and CXCR2 ligands were enhanced in TNFα-activated MSCs. Using genetic or pharmacological strategies to inhibit CCL5 or CCR2, we demonstrated that CCL5 and CCR2 ligands were indispensable in supporting TNFα-activated MSCs to promote tumor metastasis. Analysis of immune cells revealed that CXCR2 ligands (CXCL1, CXCL 2 and CXCL5) expressed by TNFα-activated MSCs efficiently recruited CXCR2+ neutrophils into tumor. These neutrophils were responsible for the pro-metastatic effect of MSCs since inhibition of this chemotaxis abolished increased neutrophil recruitment and tumor metastasis. The interaction between neutrophils and tumor cells resulted in markedly elevated metastasis-related genes by tumor cells, including CXCR4, CXCR7, MMP12, MMP13, IL-6 and TGFβ. Importantly, in IL8high human breast cancer samples, we also observed similar alterations of gene expression. Collectively, our findings demonstrate that TNFα-activated MSCs promote tumor metastasis via CXCR2+ neutrophil recruitment.
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- P F Yu
- Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences/Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences/Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences/Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences/Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences/Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Child Health Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences/Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences/Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.,Child Health Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.,The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Institutes for Translational Medicine, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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Tu CC, Chen KP, Yang TA, Chou MY, Lin LY, Li YK. Silicon Quantum Dot Nanoparticles with Antifouling Coatings for Immunostaining on Live Cancer Cells. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2016; 8:13714-13723. [PMID: 27198164 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b02318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Fluorescent silicon quantum dots (SiQDs) have shown a great potential as antiphotobleaching, nontoxic and biodegradable labels for various in vitro and in vivo applications. However, fabricating SiQDs with high water-solubility and high photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) remains a challenge. Furthermore, for targeted imaging, their surface chemistry has to be capable of conjugating to antibodies, as well as sufficiently antifouling. Herein, antibody-conjugated SiQD nanoparticles (SiQD-NPs) with antifouling coatings composed of bovine serum albumin (BSA) and polyethylene glycol (PEG) are demonstrated for immunostaining on live cancer cells. The monodisperse SiQD-NPs of diameter about 130 nm are synthesized by a novel top-down method, including electrochemical etching, photochemical hydrosilylation, high energy ball milling, and "selective-etching" in HNO3 and HF. Subsequently, the BSA and PEG are covalently grafted on to the SiQD-NP surface through presynthesized chemical linkers, resulting in a stable, hydrophilic, and antifouling organic capping layer with isothiocyanates as the terminal functional groups for facile conjugation to the antibodies. The in vitro cell viability assay reveals that the BSA-coated SiQD-NPs had exceptional biocompatibility, with minimal cytotoxicity at concentration up to 1600 μg mL(-1). Under 365 nm excitation, the SiQD-NP colloid emits bright reddish photoluminescence with PLQY = 45-55% in organic solvent and 5-10% in aqueous buffer. Finally, through confocal fluorescent imaging and flow cytometry analysis, the anti-HER2 conjugated SiQD-NPs show obvious specific binding to the HER2-overexpressing SKOV3 cells and negligible nonspecific binding to the HER2-nonexpressing CHO cells. Under similar experimental conditions, the immunofluorescence results obtained with the SiQD-NPs are comparable to those using conventional fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC).
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- Chang-Ching Tu
- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University , Hsinchu, Taiwan 300, ROC
- LumiSands Inc. , Seattle, Washington 98105, United States
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University , Hsinchu, Taiwan 300, ROC
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University , Hsinchu, Taiwan 300, ROC
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- Biomedical Technology and Device Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute , Hsinchu, Taiwan 310, ROC
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University , Hsinchu, Taiwan 300, ROC
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Liu J, Zeng T, Su G, Lin LY, Zhao Y, Yang WQ, Xie WX, Zhao ZG, Li GM. The dissemination mode of drug-resistant genes in Enterobacter cloacae. Indian J Med Microbiol 2015; 33 Suppl:87-92. [PMID: 25657163 DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.150899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND Enterobacter cloacae (E. cloacae) infection has the highest mortality rate among Enterobacter infections. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and the transmission route of the class I integron, qnr genes, and CTX-M ESBLs genes in clinical isolates and to analyse the association between the prevalence of MDR genes and the antibiotic resistance of E. cloacae. MATERIALS AND METHODS The antibiotic susceptibility was tested the agar dilution method. The class I integron, qnr genes, and CTX-M ESBLs genes were detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The prevalence data were analysed with the Chi-square test. RESULTS In the 100 clinical isolates, the class I integron-positive rate was 65%, with 12% on chromosome, 15% on plasmids and 38% on both. The positive rate of qnr genes was 37% with plasmid location. The positive rates for qnrA, qnrB and qnrS were 6%, 23% and 8%, respectively. The CTX-M ESBLs-positive rate was 34%. For CTX-M-1 ESBLs, 15% were on chromosome, 6% on plasmids and 4% on both; for CTX-M-9 ESBLs, 1% was on chromosome and 7% on plasmid; for CTX-M-25 ESBLs, 3% were on chromosome and 1% on plasmid. CONCLUSION Antibiotic resistance genes may be horizontally and vertically disseminated among E. cloacae, which helps multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains of E. cloacae to be successful nosocomial agents.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, China
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Wu J, Lin LY, Yang J, Chen XF, Ge JY, Wu JR, Sun WB. Multiple idiopathic cervical root resorption: a case report. Int Endod J 2015; 49:189-202. [PMID: 25688929 DOI: 10.1111/iej.12440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2013] [Accepted: 05/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIM To report a severe and rare case of multiple idiopathic cervical root resorption (MICRR) in an adult female. SUMMARY A healthy 27-year-old Chinese female, with no significant associated factors, presented with MICRR. Resorption progressed quickly and lesions varied in severity, involving 29 teeth and leading to the loss of 23 teeth over a period of only 3 years. The inner surface of the crown showed extensive areas with worm-eaten lacunar resorption, and the resorptive lesions had abundant lysosomes throughout their cytoplasm. Further, heavy deposits of reaction products were shown in variously sized lysosomes.
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- J Wu
- Department of Periodontology, Hospital of Stomatology, Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Stomatology, Quanzhou First Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China
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- Department of Periodontology, Hospital of Stomatology, Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Periodontology, Hospital of Stomatology, Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Endodontics, Hospital of Stomatology, Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Pathology, Nanjing Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Periodontology, Hospital of Stomatology, Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Strathman M, Liu Y, Keeler EG, Song M, Baran U, Xi J, Sun MT, Wang R, Li X, Lin LY. MEMS scanning micromirror for optical coherence tomography. Biomed Opt Express 2015; 6:211-24. [PMID: 25657887 PMCID: PMC4317132 DOI: 10.1364/boe.6.000211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2014] [Revised: 12/08/2014] [Accepted: 12/09/2014] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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This paper describes an endoscopic-inspired imaging system employing a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) micromirror scanner to achieve beam scanning for optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging. Miniaturization of a scanning mirror using MEMS technology can allow a fully functional imaging probe to be contained in a package sufficiently small for utilization in a working channel of a standard gastroesophageal endoscope. This work employs advanced image processing techniques to enhance the images acquired using the MEMS scanner to correct non-idealities in mirror performance. The experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed technique.
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- Matthew Strathman
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195,
USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195,
USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195,
USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195,
USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195,
USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21205,
USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195,
USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195,
USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21205,
USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195,
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Tu CC, Chou YN, Hung HC, Wu J, Jiang S, Lin LY. Fluorescent porous silicon biological probes with high quantum efficiency and stability. Opt Express 2014; 22:29996-30003. [PMID: 25606929 DOI: 10.1364/oe.22.029996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We demonstrate porous silicon biological probes as a stable and non-toxic alternative to organic dyes or cadmium-containing quantum dots for imaging and sensing applications. The fluorescent silicon quantum dots which are embedded on the porous silicon surface are passivated with carboxyl-terminated ligands through stable Si-C covalent bonds. The porous silicon bio-probes have shown photoluminescence quantum yield around 50% under near-UV excitation, with high photochemical and thermal stability. The bio-probes can be efficiently conjugated with antibodies, which is confirmed by a standard enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method.
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We present a novel design for an endoscopic imaging catheter utilizing diffractive optics for ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging at 800 nm. A diffractive microlens was developed to alleviate severe chromatic aberration when a broadband light source was employed at the 800 nm wavelength range. Combined with a home-built fiber rotary joint and a broadband Ti:sapphire laser, the imaging catheter achieved a lateral resolution of 6.2 μm and an axial resolution of 3.0 μm in air. The performance of the catheter was demonstrated by three-dimensional full-circumferential endoscopic OCT imaging of guinea pig esophagus in vivo.
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- Jiefeng Xi
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-2500, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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Tu CC, Hoo JH, Böhringer KF, Lin LY, Cao G. Red-emitting silicon quantum dot phosphors in warm white LEDs with excellent color rendering. Opt Express 2014; 22:A276-A281. [PMID: 24800283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We demonstrate red-emitting silicon quantum dot (SiQD) phosphors as a low-cost and environment-friendly alternative to rare-earth element phosphors or CdSe quantum dots. After surface passivation, the SiQD-phosphors achieve high photoluminescence quantum yield = 51% with 365-nm excitation. The phosphors also have a peak photoluminescence wavelength at 630 nm and a full-width-at-half-maximum of 145 nm. The relatively broadband red emission is ideal for forming the basis of a warm white spectrum. With 365-nm or 405-nm LED pumping and the addition of green- and/or blue-emitting rare-earth element phosphors, warm white LEDs with color rendering index ~95 have been achieved.
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Tu CC, Hoo JH, Böhringer KF, Lin LY, Cao G. Red-emitting silicon quantum dot phosphors in warm white LEDs with excellent color rendering. Opt Express 2014; 22 Suppl 2:A276-A281. [PMID: 24922236 DOI: 10.1364/oe.22.00a276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We demonstrate red-emitting silicon quantum dot (SiQD) phosphors as a low-cost and environment-friendly alternative to rare-earth element phosphors or CdSe quantum dots. After surface passivation, the SiQD-phosphors achieve high photoluminescence quantum yield = 51% with 365-nm excitation. The phosphors also have a peak photoluminescence wavelength at 630 nm and a full-width-at-half-maximum of 145 nm. The relatively broadband red emission is ideal for forming the basis of a warm white spectrum. With 365-nm or 405-nm LED pumping and the addition of green- and/or blue-emitting rare-earth element phosphors, warm white LEDs with color rendering index ~95 have been achieved.
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Cui QQ, Chen YC, Han XJ, Zhan ZY, Lin LY, Si LL, Wang YD. Expression analysis of VfDGAT2 in various tissues of the tung tree and in transgenic yeast. Genet Mol Res 2013; 12:6554-64. [PMID: 24391002 DOI: 10.4238/2013.december.11.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The tung tree (Vernicia fordii Hemsl.; Vf) has great potential as an industrial crop owning to its seed oil that has multiple uses. Diacylglycerol acyltransferases (DGATs) catalyze the last and most committed step of triacylglycerol (TAG) biosynthesis. In order to examine the physiological role of the VfDGAT2 gene in the tung tree, we characterized its expression profiles in different tung tissues/organs and seeds at different developmental stages. Oil content and α-eleostearic acid production during seed development were also examined. Expression studies showed that VfDGAT2 was expressed in all tissues tested, with the highest expression in developing seeds where the expression was about 19-fold more than that in leaves. VfDGAT2 showed temporal-specific expression during seed development and maturation. Notably, the expression of VfDGAT2 in developing seeds was found to be consistent with tung oil accumulation and α-eleostearic acid production. The expression level of VfDGAT2 was lower in the early stages of oil accumulation and α-eleostearic acid biosynthesis, rapidly increased during the peak periods of fatty acid synthesis in August, and then decreased during completion of the accumulation period at the end of September. When the VfDGAT2 gene was transferred to the oleaginous yeast Rhodotorula glutinis, its expression was detected along with fatty acid products. The results showed that VfDGAT2 was highly expressed in transgenic yeast clones, and the total fatty acid content in one of these clones, VfDGAT2-3, was 7.8-fold more than that in the control, indicating that VfDGAT2 contributed to fatty acid accumulation into TAG and might be a target gene for improving tung oil composition through genetic engineering.
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- Q Q Cui
- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China
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We demonstrate a 3-D scanning micromirror device that combines 2-D beam scanning with focus control in the same device using micro-electro-mechanical-systems (MEMS) technology. 2-D beam scanning is achieved with a biaxial gimbal structure and focus control is obtained with a deformable mirror membrane surface. The micromirror with 800 micrometer diameter is designed to be sufficiently compact and efficient so that it can be incorporated into an endoscopic imaging probe in the future. The design, fabrication and characterization of the device are described in this paper. Using the focus-tracking MEMS scanning mirror, we achieved an optical scanning range of >16 degrees with <40 V actuation voltage at resonance and a tunable focal length between infinity and 25 mm with <100V applied bias.
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- Matthew Strathman
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195,
USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195,
USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205,
USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195,
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Yan XL, Lin LY, Liao XY, Zhang WB, Wen Y. Arsenic stabilization by zero-valent iron, bauxite residue, and zeolite at a contaminated site planting Panax notoginseng. Chemosphere 2013; 93:661-667. [PMID: 23871591 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.05.083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2013] [Revised: 05/16/2013] [Accepted: 05/17/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Panax notoginseng (Burk.) F.H. Chen, a rare traditional Chinese medicinal herb, is a widely used phytomedicine used all over the world. In recent years, the arsenic contamination of the herb and its relative products becomes a serious problem due to elevated soil As concentration. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of different types and dosages of amendments on As stabilization in soil and its uptake by P. notoginseng. Results showed that comparing to control treatment, the As concentrations of P. notoginseng declined by 49-63%, 43-61% and 52-66% in 0.25% zero-valent iron (Fe(0)), 0.5% bauxite residue, and 1% zeolite treatment, respectively; whereas the biomasses were elevated by 62-116%, 45-152% and 114-265%, respectively. The As(III) proportions of P. notoginseng increased by 8%, 9%, and 8%, and the transfer factors of As from root to shoot increased by 37%, 42% and 84% in the optimal treatments of Fe(0), bauxite residue, and zeolite. For soil As, all the three amendments could transform the non-specifically adsorbed As fraction to hydrous oxides Fe/Al fractions (by Fe(0) and red mud) or specifically adsorbed As fraction (by zeolite), therefore reduced the bioavailability of soil As. With a comprehensive consideration of stabilization efficiency, plant growth, environmental influence, and cost, Fe(0) appeared to be the best amendment, and zeolite could also be a good choice. In conclusion, this study was of significance in developing As contamination control in P. notoginseng planting areas, and even other areas for medicinal herb growing.
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- X L Yan
- Lab of Land Contamination Assessment and Remediation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Science (CAS), Beijing 100101, China.
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Chan LW, Wang YN, Lin LY, Upton MP, Hwang JH, Pun SH. Synthesis and characterization of anti-EGFR fluorescent nanoparticles for optical molecular imaging. Bioconjug Chem 2013; 24:167-75. [PMID: 23273065 DOI: 10.1021/bc300355y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Molecular imaging, the visualization of molecular and cellular markers, is a promising method for detection of dysplasia and early cancer in the esophagus and can potentially be used to identify regions of interest for biopsy or tumor margins for resection. EGFR is a previously reported cell surface receptor with stepwise increases in expression during the progression from Barrett's metaplasia to adenocarcinoma. In this work, a 200 nm fluorescent nanoparticle contrast agent was synthesized for targeted imaging of EGFR through a series of surface modifications to dye-encapsulated polystyrene particles. Amino-functionalized polystyrene particles were PEGylated using a heterobifunctional PEG linker. Subsequently, thiolated M225 antibodies were conjugated to maleimide functional groups on attached PEGs for EGFR targeting. In vitro binding studies using flow cytometry demonstrated specific binding of M225-PEG-NP to EGFR-expressing cells with minimal nonspecific binding in EGFR(-) cells. Binding was shown to increase proportionally with the number of conjugated M225 antibodies. Adsorbed formulations with unmodified M225 antibodies, M225 + PEG-NP, were synthesized using the same antibody feeds used in M225-PEG-NP synthesis to determine the contribution of adsorbed antibodies to EGFR targeting. Adsorbed antibodies were less efficient at mediated nanoparticle targeting to EGFR than conjugated antibodies. Finally, M225-PEG-NP demonstrated binding to EGFR-expressing regions in human esophageal tissue sections.
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- Leslie W Chan
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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Tu CC, Hoo JH, Böhringer KF, Lin LY, Cao G. Surface passivation dependent photoluminescence from silicon quantum dot phosphors. Opt Lett 2012; 37:4771-4773. [PMID: 23164908 DOI: 10.1364/ol.37.004771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We demonstrate wavelength-tunable, air-stable and nontoxic phosphor materials based on silicon quantum dots (SiQDs). The phosphors, which are composed of micrometer-size silicon particles with attached SiQDs, are synthesized by an electrochemical etching method under ambient conditions. The photoluminescence (PL) peak wavelength can be controlled by the SiQD size due to quantum confinement effect, as well as the surface passivation chemistry of SiQDs. The red-emitting phosphors have PL quantum yield equal to 17%. The SiQD-phosphors can be embedded in polymers and efficiently excited by 405 nm light-emitting diodes for potential general lighting applications.
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- Chang-Ching Tu
- Materials Science and Engineering Department, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
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Huang L, Strathman M, Lin LY. Exploring spatial resolution in high-sensitivity nanogap quantum dot photodetectors. Opt Lett 2012; 37:3144-3146. [PMID: 22859113 DOI: 10.1364/ol.37.003144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We propose a new approach to experimentally determine the spatial resolution of nanogap quantum dot (QD) photodetectors consist of solution-processed QDs. Cross talk between a pair of closely positioned QD photodetectors was measured. Devices with 200 nm spacing exhibit low crosstalk of 8.4%. A single QD photodetector also shows high sensitivity, with a lowest detectable optical intensity of 95.3 fW/μm2 achieved. The results show the potential of nanogap QD photodetectors for applications in high-density imaging/sensing arrays.
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- Ludan Huang
- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-2500, USA
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Lugo K, Miao X, Rieke F, Lin LY. Remote switching of cellular activity and cell signaling using light in conjunction with quantum dots. Biomed Opt Express 2012; 3:447-54. [PMID: 22435093 PMCID: PMC3296533 DOI: 10.1364/boe.3.000447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2011] [Revised: 12/19/2011] [Accepted: 01/18/2012] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Stimulating cells by using light is a non-invasive technique that provides flexibility in probing different locations while minimizing unintended effects on the system. We propose a new way to make cells photosensitive without using genetic or chemical manipulation, which alters natural cells, in conjunction with Quantum Dots (QDs). Remote switching of cellular activity by optical QD excitation is demonstrated by integrating QDs with cells: CdTe QD films with prostate cancer (LnCap) cells, and CdSe QD films and probes with cortical neurons. Changes in membrane potential and ionic currents are recorded by using the patch-clamp method. Upon excitation, the ion channels in the cell membrane were activated, resulting in hyperpolarization or depolarization of the cell.
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- Katherine Lugo
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
- Current affiliation, Google Inc., USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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Yan XL, Lin LY, Liao XY, Zhang WB. Arsenic accumulation and resistance mechanism in Panax notoginseng, a traditional rare medicinal herb. Chemosphere 2012; 87:31-6. [PMID: 22189375 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.11.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2011] [Revised: 11/19/2011] [Accepted: 11/22/2011] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Panax notoginseng, a traditional rare Chinese medicinal herb, was recently found to bring health risk to consumers, mainly because soil in its major plantation area was contaminated by arsenic (As). We investigated the effect of soil As pollution on the growth and As uptake of pot-cultured P. notoginseng, and the associated mechanisms of As stressed response. Results showed that, comparing with P. notoginseng growing in a low-As soil, the root, stem, and leaf biomasses of those growing in a high-As soil significantly reduced by 0.75, 0.09 and 0.21 g seedling(-1), respectively. Arsenic concentrations in roots, stems and leaves of the seedlings growing in high-As soil were 22, 15 and 3 times higher than those growing in low-As soil, respectively. Regardless of the soil As concentration, As existed in plants mainly as As(III), suggesting that the reduction of As(V) is a key step in As metabolism. Arsenic was distributed primarily in cell walls (51.7% for plants growing in the low-As soil, and 51.5% in the high-As soil), followed by cytoplasm supernatant, with cell organelles containing the least As. Compared with plants growing in the low-As soil, those in the high-As soil had increased superoxide dismutase and peroxidase activities in their roots, stems, and leaves, which would be associate with improving the resistance of P. notoginseng to As stress. The results suggest that there exists some special mechanisms of As-tolerance in P. notoginseng and the study is of significance in developing measures to reduce As in the herb.
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- X L Yan
- Beijing Key Lab of Industrial Land Contamination and Remediation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100101, China.
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Tu CC, Zhang Q, Lin LY, Cao G. Brightly photoluminescent phosphor materials based on silicon quantum dots with oxide shell passivation. Opt Express 2012; 20:A69-A74. [PMID: 22379666 DOI: 10.1364/oe.20.000a69] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We demonstrate silicon-based phosphor materials which exhibit bright photoluminescence from near-infra-red to green. The colloidal composites which are composed of silicon quantum dots (SiQDs) attached on micro-size silicon particles are synthesized by electrochemical etching of silicon wafers and then dispersed in ethanol. Subsequently, isotropic etching by HF/HNO3 mixture controls the size so as the emission wavelength of SiQDs, and forms an oxide passivating shell. The phosphors can further react with alkoxysilanes to form a stable suspension in non-polar solvents for solution-processing. The resulting red-light-emitting SiQD-based phosphors in chloroform exhibit photoluminescence external quantum efficiency of 15.9%. Their thin films can be efficiently excited by InGaN light-emitting diodes and are stable in room condition.
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- Chang-Ching Tu
- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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The study was to determine the seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in the sera of pregnant women in central Taiwan and to investigate the levels of cytokine in the sera of pregnant women with Toxoplasma gondii infection. The 220 blood samples were collected from pregnant women. The haematological parameters of peripheral blood were analysed by a haematology analyser. Serum samples of the pregnant women were analysed by a commercially available anti-T. gondii IgM/IgG antibody enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kit and FlowCytomix assays. Six (2.7%) of the sera samples had IgM anti-T. gondii antibodies, and twenty (9.1%) had T. gondii IgG seropositive. All six IgM seropositive samples had low IgG avidity, indicative of acute infection. Total white blood cells and eosinophils were statistically significantly increased (p<0.05) in pregnant women with T. gondii infection, as compared with healthy pregnant women. Th1 cytokines IFN-γ, IL-1β, IL-2 and IL-12 p70, and Th2 cytokines IL-10 in pregnant women with T. gondii IgM/IgG seropositive were significantly increased (p<0.05), as compared with healthy pregnant women. These results showed that both of Th1 and Th2 cytokines play an important role in the toxoplasmosis of pregnant women.
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- C S Chou
- Institute of Medicine, Chung San Medical University, Taichung 402, Taiwan
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Simmons CS, Knouf EC, Tewari M, Lin LY. Utilization of plasmonic and photonic crystal nanostructures for enhanced micro- and nanoparticle manipulation. J Vis Exp 2011:3390. [PMID: 21988841 DOI: 10.3791/3390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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A method to manipulate the position and orientation of submicron particles nondestructively would be an incredibly useful tool for basic biological research. Perhaps the most widely used physical force to achieve noninvasive manipulation of small particles has been dielectrophoresis(DEP). However, DEP on its own lacks the versatility and precision that are desired when manipulating cells since it is traditionally done with stationary electrodes. Optical tweezers, which utilize a three dimensional electromagnetic field gradient to exert forces on small particles, achieve this desired versatility and precision. However, a major drawback of this approach is the high radiation intensity required to achieve the necessary force to trap a particle which can damage biological samples. A solution that allows trapping and sorting with lower optical intensities are optoelectronic tweezers (OET) but OET's have limitations with fine manipulation of small particles; being DEP-based technology also puts constraint on the property of the solution. This video article will describe two methods that decrease the intensity of the radiation needed for optical manipulation of living cells and also describe a method for orientation control. The first method is plasmonic tweezers which use a random gold nanoparticle (AuNP) array as a substrate for the sample as shown in Figure 1. The AuNP array converts the incident photons into localized surface plasmons (LSP) which consist of resonant dipole moments that radiate and generate a patterned radiation field with a large gradient in the cell solution. Initial work on surface plasmon enhanced trapping by Righini et al and our own modeling have shown the fields generated by the plasmonic substrate reduce the initial intensity required by enhancing the gradient field that traps the particle. The plasmonic approach allows for fine orientation control of ellipsoidal particles and cells with low optical intensities because of more efficient optical energy conversion into mechanical energy and a dipole-dependent radiation field. These fields are shown in figure 2 and the low trapping intensities are detailed in figures 4 and 5. The main problems with plasmonic tweezers are that the LSP's generate a considerable amount of heat and the trapping is only two dimensional. This heat generates convective flows and thermophoresis which can be powerful enough to expel submicron particles from the trap. The second approach that we will describe is utilizing periodic dielectric nanostructures to scatter incident light very efficiently into diffraction modes, as shown in figure 6. Ideally, one would make this structure out of a dielectric material to avoid the same heating problems experienced with the plasmonic tweezers but in our approach an aluminum-coated diffraction grating is used as a one-dimensional periodic dielectric nanostructure. Although it is not a semiconductor, it did not experience significant heating and effectively trapped small particles with low trapping intensities, as shown in figure 7. Alignment of particles with the grating substrate conceptually validates the proposition that a 2-D photonic crystal could allow precise rotation of non-spherical micron sized particles. The efficiencies of these optical traps are increased due to the enhanced fields produced by the nanostructures described in this paper.
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Lin LY, Wong VWS, Zhou HJ, Chan HY, Gui HL, Guo SM, Wang H, Huang L, Bao SS, Xie Q, Chan HLY. Relationship between serum hepatitis B virus DNA and surface antigen with covalently closed circular DNA in HBeAg-negative patients. J Med Virol 2010; 82:1494-500. [PMID: 20648602 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Hepatitis B virus (HBV) covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA) is responsible for viral persistence. This study aimed to investigate the serum surrogate markers for cccDNA and to evaluate the intrahepatic viral events associated with disease activity in HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B patients. Thirty-three treatment-naïve patients with a negative HBeAg who had a liver biopsy were studied. Active disease was defined as a serum alanine aminotransferase >40 IU/L and a serum HBV DNA >10,000 copies/ml. This study showed significant correlation between serum HBV DNA and both log cccDNA (r = 0.41, P = 0.018) and log total intrahepatic HBV DNA (r = 0.71, P < 0.0001). No significant correlation was observed between serum HBsAg and log cccDNA (P = 0.15) or log total intrahepatic HBV DNA (P = 0.97). Fourteen and 19 patients had inactive and active disease, respectively. The median log cccDNA and log total intrahepatic HBV DNA (copies/10(6) cells) were significantly higher in patients with active disease compared with those with inactive disease (4.11 vs. 3.53, P = 0.03 and 5.46 vs. 4.64, P < 0.001, respectively). The HBV replicative efficiency, defined as the ratio of serum HBV DNA to cccDNA, was approximately 20% higher in patients with active disease. No significant difference was observed in the HBsAg levels and the ratio of serum HBsAg to cccDNA between the two groups. In conclusion, serum HBV DNA, but not HBsAg, reflects the amount of cccDNA and the replication efficiency of HBV in patients with HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B.
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- L Y Lin
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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Tu CC, Tang L, Huang J, Voutsas A, Lin LY. Solution-processed photodetectors from colloidal silicon nano/micro particle composite. Opt Express 2010; 18:21622-21627. [PMID: 20941060 DOI: 10.1364/oe.18.021622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We demonstrate solution-processed photodetectors composed of heavy-metal-free Si nano/micro particle composite. The colloidal Si particles are synthesized by electrochemical etching of Si wafers, followed by ultra-sonication to pulverize the porous surface. With alkyl ligand surface passivation through hydrosilylation reaction, the particles can form a stable colloidal suspension which exhibits bright photoluminescence under ultraviolet excitation and a broadband extinction spectrum due to enhanced scattering from the micro-size particles. The efficiency of the thin film photodetectors has been substantially improved by preventing oxidation of the particles during the etching process.
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- Chang-Ching Tu
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
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Wilson BK, Mentele T, Bachar S, Knouf E, Bendoraite A, Tewari M, Pun SH, Lin LY. Nanostructure-enhanced laser tweezers for efficient trapping and alignment of particles. Opt Express 2010; 18:16005-13. [PMID: 20720985 PMCID: PMC3387742 DOI: 10.1364/oe.18.016005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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We propose and demonstrate a purely optical approach to trap and align particles using the interaction of polarized light with periodic nanostructures to generate enhanced trapping force. With a weakly focused laser beam, we observed efficient trapping and transportation of polystyrene beads with sizes ranging from 10 mum down to 190 nm as well as cancer cell nuclei. In addition, alignment of non-spherical dielectric particles to a 1-D periodic nanostructure was achieved with low laser intensity without attachment to birefringent crystals. Bacterial cells were trapped and aligned with incident optical intensity as low as 17 microW/microm(2).
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- Benjamin K. Wilson
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195,
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195,
USA
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA 02139
USA
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- Human Biology Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109
USA
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- Human Biology Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109
USA
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- Human Biology Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109
USA
- Clinical Research and Public Health Sciences Divisions, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109
USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195,
USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195,
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Gui HL, Wang H, Yang YH, Wu YW, Zhou HJ, Guo SM, Lin LY, Wang L, Cai W, Chen R, Guo Q, Zhou XQ, Bao SS, Xie Q. Significant histopathology in Chinese chronic hepatitis B patients with persistently high-normal alanine aminotransferase. J Viral Hepat 2010; 17 Suppl 1:44-50. [PMID: 20586933 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2010.01270.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Current guidelines recommend antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients with elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and high viral load. Scant histological data exist for CHB patients with persistently normal ALT (PNALT) because disease progression is thought to be rare. To identify potential predictors of significant histology in the presence of PNALT, we compared the clinical characteristics and histology of Chinese CHB PNALT patients to those in patients with elevated ALT. Percutaneous liver biopsy was performed in 522 CHB patients with Chinese ethnicity who had not had antiviral treatment. Differences in age, ALT, viral load, hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) status and liver histology were compared between eligible PNALT (252) and elevated ALT (270) patients. Of the PNALT patients, 38.5% had normal liver histology, 25.4% had significant necroinflammation and/or fibrosis and 8.4% had established cirrhosis. Furthermore, histopathological differences between patients with high-normal ALT (0.5-1.0 x the upper limit of normal (ULN)) and low-normal ALT (≤ 0.5 x ULN) were evaluated. There was a significantly greater prevalence of histopathology in the high-normal group (40.0%) than in the low-normal group (16.6%) (P < 0.001). Multiple logistic regression identified that significant histopathology findings in PNALT patients correlated with age (P < 0.001) and ALT level (P < 0.001), with age >40 years and ALT >0.5 x ULN predicting significant histopathology. Our data indicate that liver biopsy is recommended in CHB patients >40 years of age, particularly when their ALT is 0.5-1.0 x ULN. The findings above provide evidence for indication of antiviral therapy in patients with PNALT and significant histopathological change.
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- H L Gui
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Chao CL, Lin YH, Lin LC, Lin LY, Tsai CT, Wang YC, Hwang JJ, Chen JC, Chiang FT. Efficacy and Safety of Valsartan/Hydrochlorothiazide Fixed-dose Combination Compared with Amlodipine Monotherapy as First-line Therapy for Mild to Moderate Hypertension. J Int Med Res 2009; 37:289-97. [DOI: 10.1177/147323000903700202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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This double-blind, active- and randomized-controlled study compared the efficacy and safety of a fixed-dose combination of valsartan/hydrochlorothiazide 80 mg/12.5 mg once daily ( n = 32) with amlodipine monotherapy 5 mg once daily ( n = 33) for 8 weeks in patients with mild to moderate hypertension. Non-inferiority of valsartan/hydrochlorothiazide to amlodipine was demonstrated by comparable reductions in sitting systolic blood pressure (SBP), sitting diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and daytime, night-time and 24-h SBP and DBP on ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. Between-group comparisons of adverse events and changes in laboratory parameters did not reach statistical significance, except for uric acid which showed a significant increase in the valsartan/hydrochlorothiazide group compared with the amlodipine group, but was still below the laboratory's upper limit of normal. In conclusion, the use of the fixed-dose combination of valsartan/hydrochlorothiazide 80 mg/12.5 mg once daily as a starting regimen in patients with mild to moderate hypertension was shown to have non-inferior efficacy and comparable safety for daily practice compared with amlodipine 5 mg once daily monotherapy.
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- CL Chao
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taoyuan General Hospital, Department of Health, Executive Yuan, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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Wilson BK, Hegg M, Miao X, Cao G, Lin LY. Scalable nano-particle assembly by efficient light-induced concentration and fusion. Opt Express 2008; 16:17276-17281. [PMID: 18958009 DOI: 10.1364/oe.16.017276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Avalanche concentration, a rapid, long-range accumulation of particles around a laser spot in a liquid sample, is demonstrated and characterized for various nanoparticles (NPs). The effect is driven by a convective flow in the sample, caused by efficient heating of NPs with high absorption efficiencies. Several types of concentration behavior were observed and characterized. Control of optical power and initial particle density was found to be effective in determining the assembly process. VO(2) nanowires, carbon nanotube (CNT), and quantum dot (QD) electrode gap bridges were assembled with a variety of sizes and geometries to show the utility of the method for nano-assembly. Bridges were assembled from as many as thousands to as few as one NP and were found to form solid electrical contact between the electrodes, as verified by measuring the current--voltage (I-V) characteristic.
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- Benjamin K Wilson
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
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Plasmonics, a rapidly emerging subdiscipline of nanophotonics, is aimed at exploiting surface plasmons for important applications, including sensing, waveguiding, and imaging. Parallel to these research efforts, technology yielding enhanced scattering and absorption of localized surface plasmons (LSPs) provides promising routes for trapping and manipulation of micro and nano scale particles, as well as biomolecules with low laser intensity due to high energy conversion efficiency under resonant excitation. In this paper, we show that the LSP-induced scattering field from a self-assembled gold nanoparticle array can be used to sustain trapping of single micron-sized particles with low laser intensity. Moreover, we demonstrate for the first time efficient localized concentration of sub-micron sized particles and DNAs of various sizes through photothermal effect of plasmonics.
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- Xiaoyu Miao
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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Wang CJ, Parviz BA, Lin LY. Two-dimensional array self-assembled quantum dot sub-diffraction waveguides with low loss and low crosstalk. Nanotechnology 2008; 19:295201. [PMID: 21730597 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/19/29/295201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We model and demonstrate the behavior of two-dimensional (2D) self-assembled quantum dot (QD) sub-diffraction waveguides. By pumping the gain-enabled semiconductor nanoparticles and introducing a signal light, energy coupling of stimulated photons from the QDs enables light transmission along the waveguide. Monte Carlo simulation with randomized inter-dot separation reveals that the optical gain necessary for unity transfer is 3.1 × 10(7) m(-1) for a 2D (2 µm length by 500 nm width) array compared to 11.6 × 10(7) m(-1) for a 1D (2 µm length) given 8 nm diameter quantum dots. The theoretical results are borne out in experiments on 2D arrays by measurement of negligible crosstalk component with as little as 200 nm waveguide separation and is indicative of near-field optical coupling behavior. The transmission loss for 500 nm wide structures is determined to be close to 3 dB/4 µm, whereas that for 100 nm width is 3 dB/2.3 µm. Accordingly, higher pump power and gain would be necessary on the narrower device to create similar throughput. Considering existing nanoscale propagation methods, which commonly use negative dielectric materials, our waveguide shows an improved loss characteristic with comparable or smaller dimensions. Thus, the application of QDs to nanophotonic waveguiding represents a promising path towards ultra-high density photonic integrated circuits.
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- Chia-Jean Wang
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-2500, USA
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We report a new demonstration of nanoscale solution-processed photodetectors by fabricating a nano-sized gap between two electrodes and drop-casting nanocrystal quantum dots (NCQDs) into the gap. We demonstrate a detection sensitivity of 62 pW with a max responsivity of 2.7 mA/W over a device with a nano-gap of 25 nm. Additionally, we characterize the dependence of signal-to-dark current ratio and responsivity on nano-gap size. Responsivity ranges from 1 - 90 mA/W for a nano-gap size range of 25 nm - 1.5 nm. Our results represent the first demonstration of how near-field optical detection for sub-diffraction nanophotonic integrated circuits can be achieved in principle using NCQDs.
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Miao X, Lin LY. New opto-plasmonic tweezers for manipulation and rotation of biological cells--design and fabrication. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2007; 2006:4318-21. [PMID: 17946622 DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2006.260721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Opto-Plasmonic Tweezers are proposed as a new optical manipulator and rotator for biological cells. The approach utilizes polarized light to excite localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) on an array of Au nanostructure. Large dielectrophoretic trapping force is expected to be induced by the highly non-uniform scattering field from the resonant oscillating dipoles. Fine orientation control of the cells can be realized by tuning the polarization state of the input light.
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- Xiaoyu Miao
- Dept. of Electr. Eng., Washington Univ., Seattle, WA 98105, USA.
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While 32 nm lithography technology is on the horizon for integrated circuit (IC) fabrication, matching the pace for miniaturization with optics has been hampered by the diffraction limit. However, development of nanoscale components and guiding methods is burgeoning through advances in fabrication techniques and materials processing. As waveguiding presents the fundamental issue and cornerstone for ultra-high density photonic ICs, we examine the current state of methods in the field. Namely, plasmonic, metal slot and negative dielectric based waveguides as well as a few sub-micrometer techniques such as nanoribbons, high-index contrast and photonic crystals waveguides are investigated in terms of construction, transmission, and limitations. Furthermore, we discuss in detail quantum dot (QD) arrays as a gain-enabled and flexible means to transmit energy through straight paths and sharp bends. Modeling, fabrication and test results are provided and show that the QD waveguide may be effective as an alternate means to transfer light on sub-diffraction dimensions.
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- Chia-Jean Wang
- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Box 352500, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Box 352500, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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